sepia5
JoePa apologists = Pendejo
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/closeread/2011/10/postscript-fred-shuttlesworth.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/06/u...der-dies-at-89.html?_r=1&src=tp&smid=fb-share
We lost one of our great innovators today, but we also lost one of our great social leaders. The Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth died in Birmingham, Alabama today at the age of 89. I believe he was the most courageous of all the leaders of the American Civil Rights Movement of the 50s, 60s, and 70s. Frankly, he probably should have died many times over, but, unlike many of the men and women he fought alongside, he made it to old age. He once attempted to enroll his children in a local all-white public school in Birmingham, only to be beaten unconscious by a gang of Klansmen armed with brass knuckles and chains. His home was bombed by the Klan and his church nearly burnt to the ground when he agreed to shelter Freedom Riders from an angry mob, an act of violence that was only prevented when then Attorney General Bobby Kennedy called in the National Guard. He was the organizational and visionary force behind the Birmingham childrens' marches that resulted in Bull Connor turning fire hoses, dogs, and police batons on unarmed children. As he planned, images of police and segregationist brutality appeared on TV sets across the country, which proved to be a watershed moment, turning national opinion against segregation and Jim Crow.
Rev. Shuttlesworth also lived a portion of his life in Cincinnati where he was a minister. Everyone has heard of Dr. King. Not enough people have heard of or appreciate the accomplishments, bravery, and sacrifice of Fred Shuttlesworth.
